The Tower of Babylon
1 At first, the people of the whole world had only one language and used the same words. 2 As they wandered about in the East, they came to a plain in Babylonia and settled there. 3 They said to one another, “Come on! Let's make bricks and bake them hard.” So they had bricks to build with and tar to hold them together. 4 They said, “Now let's build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth.”
5 Then the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which they had built, 6 and he said, “Now then, these are all one people and they speak one language; this is just the beginning of what they are going to do. Soon they will be able to do anything they want! 7 Let us go down and mix up their language so that they will not understand each other.” 8 So the Lord scattered them all over the earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 The city was called Babylon, because there the Lord mixed up the language of all the people, and from there he scattered them all over the earth.
The Descendants of Shem
(1 Chronicles 1.24-27)10 These are the descendants of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he had a son, Arpachshad. 11 After that, he lived another 500 years and had other children.
12 When Arpachshad was 35 years old, he had a son, Shelah; 13 after that, he lived another 403 years and had other children.
14 When Shelah was 30 years old, he had a son, Eber; 15 after that, he lived another 403 years and had other children.
16 When Eber was 34 years old, he had a son, Peleg; 17 after that, he lived another 430 years and had other children.
18 When Peleg was 30 years old, he had a son, Reu; 19 after that, he lived another 209 years and had other children.
20 When Reu was 32 years old, he had a son, Serug; 21 after that, he lived another 207 years and had other children.
22 When Serug was 30 years old, he had a son, Nahor; 23 after that, he lived another 200 years and had other children.
24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he had a son, Terah; 25 after that, he lived another 119 years and had other children.
26 After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
The Descendants of Terah
27 These are the descendants of Terah, who was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot, 28 and Haran died in his hometown of Ur in Babylonia, while his father was still living. 29 Abram married Sarai, and Nahor married Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah. 30 Sarai was not able to have children.
31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot, who was the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, Abram's wife, and with them he left the city of Ur in Babylonia to go to the land of Canaan. They went as far as Haran and settled there. 32 Terah died there at the age of 205.
Oshungo yaBabel
1 Ndele mounyuni aushe omwa li elaka limwe alike noitya kakwa li ihapu. 2 Ndele eshi va ehena langhele koushilo, ova mona ko ehenene medu laSinear. Ndele oko va tula. 3 Opo nee va udafana, tava ti: “Ileni tu folomeni eedopi, fye tu di yofe di pame.” Eedopi ove di longifa ngaashi omamanya okutunga, neka ledu la li ekwatakanifo lado. 4 Ndele vo va tya: “Ileni, fye tu litungileni oshilando noshungo ile, onhele yayo i twe keulu, tu liningileni edina, tuhe lihanene nounyuni aushe.” 5 Opo nee Omwene okwa koloka ndele te uya poshi okutala oshilando noshungo ei ya tungwa kovanhu.
Elaka tali dongakanifwa
6 Ndele Omwene okwa ti: “Vo oshiwana shimwe, ndele vo aveshe ove na elaka limwe! Ndele eshi ehovelo alike loilonga yavo. Paamha kape na sha eshi tashi ke va imba eshi va hala okuninga. 7 Tu yeni, tu kolokeni, fye tu dongakanifeni elaka lavo, opo vehe liude omunhu namukwao.” 8 Osho hano Omwene okwe va halakanifila kombada yedu alishe. Ndele vo ova efa okutunga oshilando. 9 Onghee hano ve shi luka Babel, osheshi oko Omwene a dongakanifila elaka ledu alishe, ndele oko Omwene e va halakanifila ounyuni aushe.
Omaludalo aSem
10 Eshi efina lepata laSem: omido daSem eshi da li efele limwe, ye okwa dala Arpaksad, omido mbali konima yeyelu. 11 Ndele Sem eshi a dala Arpaksad, okwa kala e na omwenyo natango omido omafele atano. Ndele ye okwa dala ovana ovamati noukadona.
12 Omido daArpaksad eshi da li omilongo nhatu nanhano, okwa dala Shela; 13 Ndele Arpaksad eshi a dala Shela, okwa kala nomwenyo natango omido omafele ane nanhatu. Ndele ye okwa dala ovana ovamati noukadona.
14 Omido daShela eshi da li omilongo nhatu, okwa dala Eber. 15 Ndele Shela eshi a dala Eber, okwa kala nomwenyo natango omido omafele ane nanhatu. Ndele ye okwa dala ovana ovamati noukadona.
16 Omido daEber eshi da li omilongo nhatu nanhee, okwa dala Peleg. 17 Ndele Eber eshi a dala Peleg okwa kala e na omwenyo natango omido omafele ane nomilongo nhatu. Ndele ye okwa dala ovana ovamati noukadona.
18 Omido daPeleg eshi da li omilongo nhatu, okwa dala Rehu. 19 Ndele Peleg eshi a dala Rehu, okwa kala e na omwenyo natango omido omafele avali nomugoi. Ndele ye okwa li e na ovana ovamati noukadona.
20 Omido daRehu eshi da li omilongo nhatu nambali, okwa dala Seruh. 21 Ndele Rehu eshi a dala Seruh, okwa li e na omwenyo natango omido omafele avali naheyali. Ndele ye okwa dala ovana ovamati noukadona.
22 Omido daSeruh eshi da li omilongo nhatu, okwa dala Nahor. 23 Ndele Seruh eshi a dala Nahor, okwa kala e na omwenyo omido omafele avali. Ndele ye okwa dala ovana ovamati noukadona.
24 Omido daNahor eshi da li omilongo mbali nomugoi, okwa dala Tera. 25 Ndele Nahor eshi a dala Tera, okwa kala e na omwenyo natango omido efele limwe nomulongo nomugoi. Ndele ye okwa dala ovana ovamati noukadona.
26 Omido daTera eshi da li omilongo heyali, okwa dala Abram, Nahor naHaran.
27 Ndele eshi efina lepata laTera: Tera okwa dala Abram, Nahor naHaran, ndele Haran okwa dala Lot. 28 Ndele Haran okwa fila moshilongo omo a dalelwa, muUr shOvakaldea, fimbo xe, Tera, a li e na omwenyo natango. 29 Ndele Abram naNahor ove likongela ovalikadi. Edina lomwalikadi waAbram la li Sarai, nedina lomwalikadi waNahor ola li Milka, omona okakadona kaHaran, xe yaMilka naJiska. 30 Ndele Sarai okwa li ongadji, iha dala. 31 Ndele Tera okwa kufa omona waye omumati Abram naLot, omona waHaran, omutekulu waye, naSarai, oshitenya shaye, omwalikadi waAbram, omona waye. Ndele ava va dja mo pamwe naye muUr shOvakaldea va ye kedu laKaanan. Ndele vo va fika fiyo okuHaran oko va tula. 32 Omido daTera da li omafele avali nanhano, ndele Tera okwa fila muHaran.
